For millions of these unfortunate birds it may just as well be the darkest
day of winter, because inside their stinking, windowless, warehouses ...one farm
alone being built near Melbourne will house1.3 million ...every day is grim,
dark and gloomy.

Each day is like an eternity of suffering as a result of de-beaking,
feather-pecking, swollen joints, lack of exercise, crippled limbs, hockburn and
respiratory problems due to the ammonia laden air.

How can humans' justify condemning these innofensive little beings to a life
of total misery and pain for nothing more than the pleasure of eating chicken
flesh or eggs?

One reason I've been given is that 'they're not human', but this hardly
justifies such inhumane treatment of intelligent and sensitive fellow-creatures.
Chickens desire happiness just as much as we do and, as fellow Earthlings, they
have the right to it and a right to enjoy their beautiful world. As it is, most
chickens die without ever having been permitted to know that a world of colour
and beauty even exists. They die without ever having experienced comfort, joy or
kindness.

These cruel farms exist and thrive for one reason only ... they receive money
from the consumer.

Each time you buy chicken flesh or eggs you are saying, 'I am happy for
chickens to be treated this way. Please use my money to continue treating them
in this inhumane fashion.'